Godly Homemaking wisdom for a peaceful and joyous home life. . ..
"Faint not; the miles to heaven are but few and short." -Samuel Rutherford

"At Mother's House"

Paperback, 122 pages by Mrs. White

Housekeeping Inspiration

Cleaning Your Home

Thrift - Home Economy

Stories for the Homemaker

"Living on His Income" by Mrs. White

~ Paperback, 64 pages ~

"Economy for the Christian Home" by Mrs. White

~ Paperback, 110 pages ~

Homeschooling

Stories and Ideas

"Mother's Hour"

~ Paperback, 128 pages ~

"Mother's Book of Home Economics"

312 pages, paperback, by Mrs. White

"For the Love of Christian Homemaking"

274 pages, paperback, by Mrs. White

Motherhood

"No occupation in this world is more trying to soul and body than the care of young children. What patience and wisdom, skill and unlimited love it calls for. God gave the work to mothers and furnished them for it, and they cannot shirk it and be guiltless.” ― Isabella MacDonald Alden (The Aunt of Grace Livingston Hill)

"The Good Wife"

~ My Books ~

Teaching Home Economics

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"Dear Kitchen Saints"

Letters from an Iowa Housewife (Includes an Incredible Marriage Testimony as seen in "Above Rubies" Magazine!)

Billy Graham TV Classics

Watch or Listen to Archives

From "On The Banks of Plum Creek"

"After Laura and Mary had washed and wiped the dishes, swept the floor, made their bed, and dusted, they settled down with their books. But the house was so cozy and pretty that Laura kept looking up at it."

- Laura Ingalls Wilder

Human Frailty of the Godly Soul

Charles Spurgeon:

"The life of Luther might suffice to give a thousand instances,and he was by no means of the weaker sort. His great spirit wasoften in the seventh heaven of exultation, and as frequently onthe borders of despair. His very deathbed was not free from tempests, and he sobbed himself into his last sleep like a greatly wearied child."

An Excellent, Powerful Sermon

Old Fashioned Revival Hour

Radio Program

From "The Little Preacher" (p. 146)

"As for her, like most women, she had but one ambition. To be a good wife and a good mother, and to be beloved by her husband and children, was all she asked. [She was] a busy, affectionate, cheerful little housewife, whose voice would never be heard in the streets, but whose memory would always live in a few faithful hearts."

- Elizabeth Prentiss, 1800's.

Housewife:A married woman who stays home. This is a lifelong vocation. It is an old-fashioned term, and something to be proud of.Not a "domestic engineer." Not a "home manager."An old fashioned housewife, who keeps the home,and abides there.- Mrs. White

Starting today, this will be a new series. I am going to share with you how to teach home economics to your daughters. I will write about this on Tuesdays. I am going to tell you exactly what I am doing with Amy (15). I will also share stories of what I did with my older two girls, now ages 20 and 22.

16. Laundry.
17. Beauty and Charm.
18. What I learned from My own Mother.

I will add more topics to this page as we go along. These will not be "how-to" posts, but personal stories in each category of what we are doing, here at home. I will also be writing several posts for each topic, over time. I want this to be a fun way to read about teaching these important skills to our girls.

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Teach home economics to our children!With school cutbacks it seems we are not teaching our kids the fundamentals of feeding and taking care of a family....oh we teach them nutrition in theory but with both parents working these days a lot of kids are growing up not knowing how to cook and clean ,budgeting time and money to raise a family and hold a marraige and kids together.Well done for writing on this subject:)

I'm so happy you're going to be covering this. Home Ec is one thing I dread teaching my children, simply because my mother never really taught me and I'm terrible at it, even now. I can't wait to read your tips and ideas...one of my priorities is to make sure my children are more prepared to keep their own home than I was.

I just stumbled upon your blog today and love it. It is so great that you are doing the series on Home Ec. Yesterday I started putting together a Home Ec program for our 11 year old daughter to work on once a week. Looking forward to your future posts.BlessingsDiane